Nursing attachment.



. CUNNINGHAM.

NURSING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1909.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

UNITED srrairns r grnnr OFFICE.

HUGH B. CUNNINGHAM. OF ARNOT. PENNSYLVANIA.

NURSING ATTACHMENT.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that. I, llnun l. Unname- HAM, citizen of the United States,residing at Aruot, in the county of 'lioga and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in NursingAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of this invention is an improved construction ofdevice fornse by mothers with nursing infants, and designed particularlyto avoid unpleasant and embarrassing situations in which mothers aresometimes placed in public places by the necessar exposure of the breastin suckling the child With this and other objects in view, as will morefully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consistsessentially in a nursing attachment designed to be worn over the breastsand arranged for the detachable connection thereto of the nipple on atube of any desired length, the nipple or nipples, according to whetherthere be one or two employed, being worn inside of the shirtwaist orother outer garment and it being only necessary when the child is to benursed, to sli the nipple out of the waist, thereby avoidin thenecessity of exposing the person. And the invention also consists incertain constructions and arrangements of the parts that I shallhereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of constrimtion and the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating, the application of thedevice. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view.

orresponding and like parts are referred to in the following descriptionand indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same referencecharacters. I

My improved nursing attachment embodies a pair of breast shields 1, ofsome flexible absorbent material which will take up erspiration, thesame being preferably per orated, and each of these shields l is formedwith a preferably centrally located opening 2, through which thethreaded stem 3 of a cup 4 extends, said cup being designed, in the useof the device, to be placed over the nipple of the womans breast.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled September 7, 1909.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

Serial No. 516.336.

5 designates an interiorly threaded cap which is designed to screw on tothe stem I; of the cup 4, said cap being preferably angular,longitudinally considered. so that it will not unnecessarily bulge outthe waist of the wearer. A tube 6 of rubber or the like,

of any desired length, is connected at one end to the cap 5 and isconnected at its other end to a nursing nipple 7.

it is to be understood that there may be two of the caps 5 and theirconcomitant parts employed,althongh the detachable con nection betweenthe cap and the stem 3 will, of course, readily permit one of these cupswith its tube and nipple to be used for both breasts.

Tn order to hold the nursing device in position I have devised a supporttherefor. Said support comprises tabs 8 which extend upwardly from andwhich are secured in any desired way to the respective shields l, theupper end of said tabs being detachably connected by buckles, as shown,to the front ends of shoulder straps t). The rear ends of these shoulderstraps are connected to a belt 10 which is designed to encircle thewearers waist just below the breasts and preferably at a point where thedevice may be adjusted without removing the corsets. Preferably, the.shoulder straps are connected together by a cross brace 11. The frontends of the belt 10 may be connected together by a buckle, as shown, andeach of ts ends is connected to a shield 1 by means of a tab 12. Theshields are directly connected together by means of relatively shorttabs 13 connected by a buckle, as shown, and the shields are alsopreferably connected to the shoulder straps near the rear lower endsthereof by means of other tabs 14.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, theopcration of my improved nursing attachment will beapparent.

' In the practical use of the device, the shields l are adjusted overthe breasts with the cups 4 directly over the nipples and the cap 01'caps 5 are then attached, the nursing nipples 7 and all other partsbeing hidden beneath the wearers waist. Whenever the child requiresnursing it is only necessary to slide one of the nursing nipples 7 outfrom the waist and the child can obtain its proper nourishment withoutthe exposure of the mothers person and the consequent embarrassmentwhich is thus often occasioned.

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Having thus described the invention, what isclaimed as new is:

1. A nursin attachment embodying a pair of flexible shie lds adapted tobe placed over a womans breasts, said shields being respectively formedwith center openings, cu s adapted to be held over the nipples of tiiebreasts and formed with threaded stems protruding forwardly throughsaidopenings, an lnteriorl threaded cap adapted to screw on either 0tsaid stems, a nursing nipple, and a tubular flexible connection betweensaid nipple and cap.

2. A nursing attachment comprising a pair of shields, shoulder strapsconnected to said shields, a bust belt connected to said shoulder strapsand shields, an adjustable connection between said shlelds, cupsproyided with stems extending forwardly through said shields, a capadapted for detachable 20 HUGH B. CUNNINGH A M.

Witnesses:

E. S. MATTHEWS, R. W. BEIDLEMAN.

